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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Darth Shoju" data-source="post: 3035343" data-attributes="member: 11397">Count me as another person who dislikes the "moron dad, infallible mom" syndrome. Home Improvement was the worst for this IMO. Also the kids being much wiser than their parents and teaching them how to think. Also kids who act like horrible little wretches and never see an iota of punishment (although I fear this may be more true-to-life than I like to admit). Feh. One show that handles this stuff well is The War at Home. The family in that show really plays against these stereotypes and it comes across realy well.I also detest:-The "misunderstanding that causes conflict" in romantic comedies. My wife drags me to these and they always feature this in the middle of the flick. I understand they need to create the illusion that they might not get together (after all, we all know they will indeed get together), but please please find a way to do it without insulting our intelligence. -Action stars in gunfights hiding behind flimsy wooden desks or doors. Now, I'm no ballistics expert, but I figure this might work for smaller-calliber weapons. But considering some of the ordinance that these items from page 9 of the Ikea catilogue are stopping you'd think they were made of titanium.-Along with the kids outsmarting the villains is kids who can literally beat-up grown adults (some of which are experienced combatants). Those freakin' Three Ninjas movies are really bad for this. I don't care how much martial-arts experience that 8-year-old has, I'm pretty sure even I (an out-of-shape geek) could absorb their best kick and then wring their little necks (as per that episode of Seinfeld...not that they actually do that but that is what Jerry points out to Kramer). -Villains employing Weapons of Mass Destruction that have some increadably long count-down sequence and who keep the heroes alive to see it used (obviously giving them time to thwart its deployment). See the Simpsons (Hank Scorpio) or The Watchmen for the antithesis of this nonsense.-TV/movie cops that seem to have all the time in the world to drive around and be cool or wacky, but never seem to have to do paperwork.-Why is it in movies targeted at youth, drinking always has some horrible consequence, yet when it is an adult movie it seems to be the only path to some sort of partying nirvana?-Characters who have crappy jobs that have nice houses (like Al Bundy...although in that case it was actually funny).-Boxing movies where the fighters abandon defense and punch each other in the head, full-force, for the whole fight (mostly the Rocky movies here). -Ben Stiller. He's talented IMO (see Permanent Midnight) but he's become a stereotype of himself. Will Ferrell is in danger of hitting this realm as well. Owen Wilson is allready there keeping Ben company. Steve Carrell has done a decent job of avoiding this thus far.-Jocks who are date-rapists, nerds who are sensitive and are really "unique, wonderful, special little snowflakes" and the beautiful girls who can't see the difference until the end of the movie. Yes, in some ways this is an important message and can be done well (Mean Girls), but it has also been done to death. Most people I know are a mixture of jock and nerd and pretty much any hobby can and will be considered lame or nerdy by someone who doesn't like it for whatever reason.heh. That's all I've got for now.OOOh wait...angst. I dislike never-ending angst. Teen or otherwise.</blockquote>

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